Material for and method of making ornamental devices



Oct. 13, 1931. w, CARSTEN 1,826,923

MATERIAL FOR AND METHOD OF MAKING ORNAMENTAL DEVICES Filed Sept. 19 1929 z wy A '5.

M wwm B 7 A2TORNEY Patented Oct. 13, 1931 MAT i .proride an "improve ,deco'rativ H glvefhigllly, i jefistslfsun lat ng stai agiass.

rovide a niethod of {producing a device of the character ide'scribed' which may be carried out in asim'ple and econon' ic-almanner. ",A s'tilhfurther ohject' of this invention is 15 to provide an ornamental neat, compact, and

rugged device; of' thej ch aracter described which is'ada'pted for; execution in a; wide variety of colors and designs for producing a wideqv ariety of decorative objects, whichm ay' be produced in a practical, simple and cheap manner.

, dertain fe'aturesdescribed and claimed in my co-pending application No. 381,902 filed July 29, 1929, are desc-ribedbut not claimed in the, present case.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part-hereinafter pointed out.

With the above exception the invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims. a

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown'one of'the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a piece of material or-ornamental device made in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken through a portion of the material and lends itself toembodim'enfl in many forms 7 manner hereinafter appearing.-

(i i-ET ATE FIC or NEw YoitK its like nintr nonor biivsivmamtfmvmes' September shown in Fi'gfl, and'illustr'at'ing the method of makingithefsame;

Fig. f3 is a fragmentary 'cross 'sectional ,vie'w" similar to Fig. '2 of a piece ofmaterial made in "accordance with the in'ventionillus- 50 trating-"the material aftenbaking;'and

(Fig-" ids a' cross-sectionalview taken on 'lirije Hb'fFig'iif The accompanying drawings illustrates an embodiment of the invention in the form'of a piece of material such as a window pane or the 'like' ornamental" device; Itfwill be -un 'der'st'ood, however, that the drawings" are merely illustrative and that the invention such as displaydevices, signs,'-ornamental window panes simulating stained glass, and

the like articles.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 10 designates a piece of material'embodying the invention here shown in the form of an ornamental pane comprising a plate 11 of glass or the like transparent material to which 'is attached a layer 12 of crinkly, wrinkled or stipled material made in the Partially embedded in the crinkly layer 12 are strips 15 of lead or any other suitable opaque material. The strips 15 may be bent into' any suitable shape or contour to produce a decorative effect simulating stained glass. As here shown, substantially radially extending strips 16 are provided dividing the device into a number of segments having various colors such as yellow segments 17 and orange segments 18. The crinkly layer 12 may extend entirely around the strip 15 to overlie and embed the same as shown at 20, said overlying portion however being preferably thinned. It will now be understood that by varying the configuration of the lead strips 16 and 15, and the colors of the portions between said strips, various designs pieces of fabric s'uc-lias -cl iinabs'illl'e ortheflilre material, coloredor uncolored, are then applied on the 'adlresivel'ayer-QG substantially in edge to edge relationto produce the ,desired design in the desired colors. As"i'llus-' trated in the drawing, a. number: of strips 22 of orange fabric are laiduon. the.,adhesive boating-26:betavcenstrips 2&ofyellow fabric, the, adjacent edges 1 27 28a of. said; strips being; substantially. contact. A second layer :30; ofiyarn-i htor he-Jike-nonwitreom .-material is now. {applied ,over, the w adhered pieces of silk, for saturating.the zporesini-the silkziandacting.- asa suit ble.- ,fill lrtherefor.

, ifttreferably thisysecondlayer 3.01 atroom temperature. T However-,.thedevice thus ,far described-may he-;,pl-aced;i-n.an ovemfor ac. .CQIGITQfi Q bh-B drying." Whenthe saturated ,lsilik; =.la'yers: -have: been sufficiently dried, the strips of. lead '1-5-are placed over the meeting sedgesorwseams-iformed -by--adj acent pieces iofsilk sonsto cover such-edges. The: heavier strips 21 may then also be placed adjacent theside and: end edge. portions of the plate :toform: the border-or frame. Another layer ,32 of varnish or the like material: requiring baking for drying may now be applied-over -.thesa-turatcdrsilkand also over the; lead strips .for'holding said-lead strips-in position. The

plate may then-be placed in an oven and baked. Theoute-rmost layer; of; varnish and the saturatedor'coatedsilk pieces areithereby -caa1sed-to shrivel and form layer having an irregular, corrugated surface 'shaving t-u-rnings and w-rndingrldgesor wrinkles Wlnchproduce a pleasing furrowed', rippled :or crinkled effect visibleifrom both sides of the device. It will =be-notedrthat the portions 36 adjacent the lead strips 1-5 and! the portion 20extending-over said strips likewise become then-baked: to further shrivel or draw in. the a coated: layers-to produce a stipledeifect likew se simulating stained glass.

Also ifd'esired', a second plate 23 of glass -or; any other suitable transparent. material may be placed over the lead strips to cover the front of the device, and attached thereto with any suitable adhesive'material.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various embodiments might be made of I the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment set forth, t t be u d st t a all matterl set forth -.or :sho wn Zin l the andomipafnying drawings is to be interpreted as il'lus'trative and not in a limiting sense.

Havings-thus described-my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 'iPafignijy .1. LI", .1. .'-'-"".:.'/.-.;Z,

1. Imitation stained glass comprising a plate, a baked-ci'inkled layer on said plate, and ns ted st ip. ens id layer. An ornamental;fdevicei'c a transparent platen .ciink dlayer' "of'tif lucent material adapted k 0 heat} s at elevated emremt em sa /plate a er en quem t lj a namena1.-avte; 0 than a 'ii are:

andastrip of opaque material on said' layer,

crinkledllayer having a base comprising pieces of colored ffabric: substantially in edge :to edge contact saturated with a material adapted to crinkle upon, drying, said strips overlying themeetinged'ges of said 'fabricii 5.. An varticle of thepharaCter described comprising a transparent plate, a crinkled layer of. translucent material on said plate and a strip of opaque material on saidlayer, said crinkled layer at least partially embedding said strip.

6. Imitation stained glass comprising a plate,,a crinkled layer on saidplate, an. gated strip on said layer, and overlying said" strip. I

7'. An ornamental device comprising a transparent plate, a crinkled layer of'tra nslucent material on-said'plate, a strip of-opaque a second plate 115 materialonsaid layer, and a second'transparent plate overlying'said opaque strip:-

8. An ornamental device, comprising a plate, a layer of baked crinkled material on said plate, said layer having aplurality of portions of dilferent-colors-xand a strip of v opaque-material:on said-p'late.

9. An ornamental levice, comprisinga.

glass plate, a layer of crinkled material on said plate, said layerlmlvingv a. plurality of portions. .ofdifferent colors and a strip of opaque material on said plate, said strip overlying the dividing line between said portions.

10. An ornamental device, comprising a transparent plate, a layer of crinkled, Varnish on said plate, and a strip of lead on said layer.

11. An ornamental device, comprising a transparent plate, alayer of crinkled, nonvitreous material on said plate, and a strip of lead on said layer, said crinkled layer ha"- ing a base comprising pieces of variously colored fabric saturated in baked varnish and in edge to edge relation, said lead strip overlying the meeting edges of said pieces.

12. An article of the character described comprising a transparent plate, a layer of crinkled, non-vitreous material on said plate, and a strip of lead on said layer, said crinkled layer having a base comprising pieces of variously colored fabric superimposed in edge to edge relation, said lead strip overlying the meeting edges of said pieces, and a second transparent plate overlying said strip.

13. An article of the character described, comprising a transparent plate, a layer of baked varnish on said plate, and strips of lead having a predetermined configuration on said layer.

14:. An article of the character described, comprising a transparent plate, a layer of baked varnish on said plate, and strips of lead having a predetermined configuration on said layer, said layer having a base of colored silk.

15. An article of the character described comprising a glass plate, a crinkled layer of non-vitreous translucent material on said plate, said layerhaving a base of fabric of predetermined color and configuration and strips of lead on said layer and overlying the border of said fabric.v

16. An, article of the character described comprising a plate, a crinkled layer of baked non-vitreous translucent material on said plate, said layer having a base of portions of fabric of predetermined color and configuration, strips of lead on said layer and overlying the dividing line between differently colored portions.

17. An article of the character described comprising a plate, a crinkled. layer of nonvitreons translucent material on said plate, said layer having a base of portions of fabric of predetermined color and configuration satnrated with a crinkling varnish, strips of lead on said layer and overlying the dividing line between difl erently colored portions, and a strip of lead on said layer at the outer edges of said plate.

18. An article of the character described comprising a plate, a crinkled layer of nonvitreons translucent material on said plate, said layer having a base of portions of fabric of predetermined color and configuration, strips of lead on said layer and overlying the dividing line between differently colored porill) 

